SPECIAL ITEMS

6 Months Ended

Jun. 30, 2026

Unusual or Infrequent Items, or Both [Abstract]

SPECIAL ITEMS

SPECIAL ITEMS

The Company has classified certain operating activities as special items due to their unusual or infrequently occurring nature. Disclosing information about these items separately may assist with comparable year-over-year analysis and allow stakeholders to better understand Air Group's results of operations.

Special items for the three and six months ended June 30, 2026 were $42 million and $77 million, respectively, and were primarily associated with the integration of Hawaiian Airlines. Expenses consisted of employee-related costs, technology costs, including those in support of the transition to a single passenger service system, and other merger costs. Special items for the three and six months ended June 30, 2025 were $56 million and $147 million, respectively, and were associated with the integration of Hawaiian Airlines, as well as changes to Alaska flight attendants' sick leave benefits pursuant to a collective bargaining agreement ratified in the first quarter of 2025.